Spring Break Part 3

Matthew took Thursday and Friday off of work to bum around with me. On Friday we stayed in town and headed into Downtown Portland for lunch at the Western Culinary Institute Restaurant bleu. We had a wonderful time and highly recommend it. Five course meal for 15 dollars. This picture is Matthew looking very excited for our dinner.
First course- Smoked Salmon Chowder

Second Course- Beaf Tenderloin on a mound of polenta with a mushroom,peppercorn gravy

Third Course- I got this spinach salad

Matthew ordered the Beet salad

Main Course- I ordered sausage stuffed ravioli

Matthew ordered the Salmon

For dessert we both ordered the orange cream stuffed phyllo dough with chocolate glaze

After lunch we headed over to the Chinese Gardens

We stopped by the Tea House when we were finished and ordered some tea.

It had been a wonderful spring break. I have been able to relax and enjoy my time off. I have posted a lot of photos so make sure you keep clicking older post until you see them all!!!

Spring Break Part 2

I don't normally indulge my coffee cravings but we made a stop by Dutch Bros. on the way to Cannon Beach. I really like their Almond Joy Mocha. Yummy :-).
Beach Scenery

Matthew with his whip

Us :-)

More of us

Rock hopping/climbing

View of Cannon Beach with Matthew on bottom left

Climbing still

Getting down :-)

Local wildlife

Haystack Rock

Pretty beach rocks

We went to Dooger's for dinner and we were not disappointed. Matthew ordered the steamer clams and I got salmon. Here is Matthew with the leftover clam remains. The guy loves seafood.

Spring Break Part 1

So this is my last spring break of all time (for me anyway) . I have been doing a lot of things these past few weeks. Here is a list:
~Sleeping in until 8am
~Reading books for fun
~Cleaning house
~Working on house projects
~Completing sewing projects
~Spending much needed time with family and friends
~Attending Wednesday night Bible Study again
~Day trips to the Oregon Coast and Downtown Portland

This is a picture of one of my sewing projects. I have wanted to sew a spring inspired table runner. I received a JoAnn's Fabrics gift card for Christmas and spent some of it to buy fabric for this project. I also got to use my new sewing machine which I also received for Christmas.

I LOVE to read and being in nursing school does not give me any time to do this. All of my recent readings involve nursing research, etc..... What fun it was to sit and the couch and read for the fun of it!!!!

Evie's Bridal Shower

My lovely cousin Evie is getting married on June 14th. The family gave her a bridal shower a couple weeks ago. We are so excited for her and really like the man she is getting hitched too!!!

The food :-)

Chatting with friends

My cousin Rebecca, Sata and little Jacob

We had to play the toilet paper turned wedding dress game. I was on the team who made Sata's dress. We WON!!!

Evie examining our beautiful creations.

The winner and the bride-to-be

Matthew turns 31!!!

My wonderful Husband turned 31 on March 15th. He ended up having three different celebrations but I only got pictures from one of them. My bad :-(. We had some great friends over for dinner. The menu consisted of Smoked Pork burgers, roasted potatoes, pasta salad and coconut cake for dessert.
Jon and Stacey

Crazy Seth and Sweet Natalie

Joe and Michele ( and the very cute baby Sarah. She belongs to Jon and Stacey)

The boys thinking, " Now what do we do with this thing?"

Matthew taking a peek at sleeping Sarah

Weekend on Mt. Hood

This past Friday Matthew and I and three other couples headed up to a beautiful house in Welches, OR for a weekend of fun in the snow. Here is a picture of the house we staid at.
Our Bedroom

The birthday Girl opening up some presents!!!

Meghann getting the birthday cakes ready to go

We played the game Battle of the Sexes. Unfortunately the boys kinda one this one.

Hannah and Kelly. We also celebrated Kelly's Birthday while we were up on the Mountain. Today is his birthday. Happy Birthday Kelly!!!

Seth and Natalie

Kelly and Trevor getting the ski's ready for some fun on Mt. Hood

Meghann relaxing

The girls. Rachel, Hannah, Natalie and Meghann

The Boys. Seth, Matt, Kelly and Trevor

Hannah fixing some yummy veggies and eggs for breakfast

The Sumetz and the Gault's went snowshoeing while the Couch's and Rollinger's hit the slopes.This picture is of Seth and Matthew on the snowshoe trail

Natalie and Rachel

Seth, Natalie and McKinley enjoying the snow.

Matthew and I out in the beautiful snow.